Small bowel perforation after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of an ureter stone

Authors
Klug, R Kurz, F Dunzinger, M Aufschnaiter, M
Citation
R. Klug et al., Small bowel perforation after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy of an ureter stone, DIGEST SURG, 18(3), 2001, pp. 241-242
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
DIGESTIVE SURGERY
ISSN journal
02534886 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
241 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0253-4886(2001)18:3<241:SBPAES>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A 60-year-old man was treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESW L) for an impacted ureterstone. Two days after the procedure he developed a n acute abdomen. On laparotomy, a small bowel perforation in the area of an adhesion to the abdominal wall was found. The adherent intestinal segment was located exactly in the range of the ESWL field, so that excluding furth er reasons the shockwave lithotripsy must be assumed to be causative. Copyr ight (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.